Kathryn Spearman

Kathryn J. Spearman, MSN, RN is a trauma and violence predoctoral fellow at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing supported by a T32 training grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Development under PI Dr. Jacquelyn Campbell. Her dissertation is entitled Understanding the impact of post-separation abuse on children’s health and flourishing. Her broad research interests focus on the intersection of intimate partner violence and child abuse, intimate partner violence related-homicides of women and children, structural determinants of health and safety such as family court judicial decision making, and risk-assessment and interventions that promote safety, resiliency, and recovery from trauma for children and mother/child dyads who have experienced family violence. Her scientific inquiry is informed by clinical experience working as a pediatric nurse with abused children and their mothers impacted by intimate partner violence. She is the president and founder of the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Research & Advocacy Club at Johns Hopkins University.  Her BS and MSN are from the University of Virginia and Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, respectively.

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